Outlook 2011 for Mac - subscribe to iCalendar feed?

Question

Similar to the question Add ics file to outlook 2011 (Mac) as new calendar, but rather than importing a static ICS file, I'd like to subscribe to an ICS feed (like iCal can). Is this possible with Outlook 2011 for the Mac?

In help I only see the note about "drag the .ics file to the Outlook Calendar grid or list", but that's going to be a one-time snapshot of the ICS file, rather than a dynamic polling of an iCalendar/ics feed.

I found this article for Outlook 2007, but I imagine it is specific to the Windows version as I don't have an 'Internet Calendar Tabs' under Accounts: View and subscribe to Internet Calendars.

Answer 1

Assuming your organization uses an Exchange 2010 Server, you can subscribe to '.ics' feeds using OWA:

1. Login to Outlook Web Access
2. Go to 'Calendar'
3. Right click 'My Calendars', then left-click 'Add Calendars'
4. Supply the URL to the '.ics' feed

Outlook for Mac will sync the calendar automatically.

Answer 2

You can sync Outlook with a CalDav-calendar using iCal (Outlook <--> iCal <--> CalDav Share).

Here's some tutorial by Microsoft on how to sync Outlook and iCal. Syncing iCal and a CardDav share (called iCal by Apple) is really easy.

Answer 3

Not a Mac user, but perhaps the last entries from this thread can help :
Outlook 2011 Mac (beta5); how to sync with Google Calendar?

Firstly you need to sync google calendar and contacts with ical and 'contacts' (apple's product). Then you sync outlook with these. Simply add a contact in outlook and see it appear in you google contacts and the same with the calendar.

The way to sync Outlook 2011 is via Mac's built-in apps, Address Book and iCal, and then create a sync service between Outlook 2011 and the two. Address Book and iCal connect very nicely to Google Contacts and Calendar - and do so very reliably. I doubt anyone will create a sync directly with Outlook 2011 because the Mac OSX architecture allows for Address Book and iCal to be the primarily sync points for contacts and calendar.

The problem I have is that sync adds all outlook contact folders. I have contact folders on Outlook that I want to keep separate, but sync joins all Outlook folders and puts them in the selected sync folder on outlook and my apple address book.

I sync Google Calendar with Ical and then I sync I cal with Outlook 2011 for Mac. Any events which I have created in Ical show up in outlook but any events which have been synced into ical from Google Calendar which show up in ical do not show up in Outlook unless I change each one to a category of work or home.